11-Year-Old junior golfer, Mumbi Gatu, carded an impressive round of 49 points to emerge the overall winner at the Limuru Country Club’s leg of the ongoing NCBA Golf Series.
The handicap 50 player becomes the second junior golfer to claim the overall winner’s spot in the Series after twelve-year-old Nathan Mwangi won the Karen Country Club leg Series.
She becomes the Series’ 13th overall winner and books a slot, together with the other top four finishers at the Limuru event to play at the grand finale which will be held in December in Karen.
She finished the round ten points clear of her nearest challenger, zero handicap Dennis Maara, who claimed the winner’s slot in the men’s category.
In the nines, handicap 19 Steve Okello was the winner in the first nine with 23 points, while Ng’ang’a Mathu claimed the win in the second nine with 20 points.
Among the juniors, Asa Dinkins (handicap nine) was crowned the winner with 35 points, while Paul Jakaa (handicap 17) emerged staff winner with 30 points.
“What we are doing is really much more important for golf development. What our mission, is as far as this sport is concerned, is to develop the future golfers so that Kenya can rank top as it should be. As we do in athletics, we believe we should do the same in golf and NCBA is leading that charge by encouraging juniors to participate," NCBA Group Managing Director, John Gachora said.
The Limuru leg of the Series – which was the fourteenth event in the calendar - drew the participation of over 200 golfers. This brought to over 1,900 players who have now taken part in the Series since inception in January.
65 golfers have qualified to play in the finale by virtue of being top five finishers across 13 of the 14 events played so far.
The Series now moves to the Kakamega Golf Club this weekend.
The move to include Kakamega in the Series calendar follows the Bank’s expansion strategy that will see new branches being opened across various towns in Kenya.
